89R15676 CS-D
By: Hefner H.B. No. 4053
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the location of and the amount of certain revenue that
may be used for state veterans cemeteries.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 164.005(f) and (h), Natural Resources
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(f) The board, the chairman of the Texas Veterans
Commission, and two representatives of the veterans community
selected by the chairman of the Texas Veterans Commission shall:
(1) establish the guidelines for determining:
(A) the location and size of veterans cemeteries;
and
(B) the eligibility for burial in a veterans
cemetery; and
(2) select [up to seven] locations across the state
for veterans cemeteries.
(h) The board may use [Of the] funds available in the
veterans' land fund, the veterans' housing assistance fund, and the
veterans' housing assistance fund II that may be used for veterans
cemeteries[, the board may spend not more than $7 million each
fiscal year] to plan and design, operate, maintain, enlarge, or
improve veterans cemeteries. The board may not use funds from the
veterans' land fund, the veterans' housing assistance fund, or the
veterans' housing assistance fund II to acquire land to be used for
a veterans cemetery.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.